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Sri Srinivas K Gouda vs Karnataka Institute Of Medical … on 8 October, 2021
Author: Hon'Ble Dr. Chandrachud
Bench: Hon'Ble Dr. Chandrachud, B.V. Nagarathna
(Arising out of SLP(C) No. 15458 of 2017)
Sri Srinivas K Gouda                                                  …Appellant
Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences & Ors.                        …Respondents
Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J
1 By a judgment dated 31 March 2017 1, a Division Bench of the High Court
of Karnataka, at Dharwad allowed an appeal filed against the judgment of the
Single Judge 2. The Division Bench quashed the selection of the appellant to the
post of 'Junior Lab Technician' in the first respondent and directed it to consider
the case of the third respondent for appointment to the post. The appellant
moved this Court in Special Leave Petition to challenge the decision of the
Digitally signed by
Division Bench. Leave was granted on 1 October 2021.
DEEPAK SINGH
WA No. 10580/2015
WP No. 63973/2009
2 On 2 September 2008, the first respondent issued a notification inviting
applications for thirty-five vacancies in the post of 'Junior Lab Technician'. The
notification bifurcated the available vacancies on the basis of category and
stipulated the minimum qualifications required for selection. The relevant portion
of the notification reads as follows:
1. Junior Lab Technicians:- General Merit 33 years,
SC/ST/Cat. I, 38 years and for other category 36 years.
Pass in PUC with Chemistry and Laboratory Technician
Training Course or pass in SSLC and 2 years Vocational
Diploma Course in Laboratory Technician or Pass PUC
with Science and 2 years Laboratory Technician Course
conducted by Para Medical Board, Karnataka or Pass in
SSLC and 3 years Diploma in Medical Laboratory
Technology in conducted by Para Medical Board,
Karnataka.
3 Both the appellant and third respondent applied for the post in category
1(OBC) in which one vacancy was advertised. The Selection Committee
consisted of the Additional Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare
(Medical Education), Director of Medical Education, a representative of the Rajiv
Gandhi University of Health Sciences and the Director, Principal and CAO of the
first respondent. On 22 August 2008, the Selection Committee assembled to
discuss the modalities of selection. It was decided that the percentage of marks
obtained in the qualifying exam in the Laboratory Technician's Course would be
converted to 85%. Of the 15% marks set out for the interview, 10% of the marks
were to be set apart for the length of work experience and/or additional training in
teaching hospitals of a medical college, with special preference to those who had
worked in teaching hospitals of government/autonomous medical colleges. The
remaining 5% marks were to be assigned to the personality of the candidate
based on the viva-voce. The relevant extract of the Minutes of the Meeting is
extracted below:
"The Selection Committee consisting of the
Additional Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department
(Medical Education), Director of Medical Education,
representative of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health
Sciences, Director, Principal and CAO of KIMS, Hubli held
a meeting on 22.12.2008 at 11.30 a.m. to discuss the
modalities of selection (Advertisement is dated
02.09.2008, prior to this). It was decided that in order to
select the most suitable candidates, proportionate
weightage based on the length of experience and/or
additional training to the extent of 10 marks be given
to those candidates who had work experience and/or
additional training in Medical college teaching
hospitals and especially those who had worked in
Government/ Autonomous Medical College Teaching
Hospitals. It was agreed that the type of work in these
institutions most closely resembled the working
conditions at ' Karnataka Institute of Medical
Sciences, Hubli and hence the candidates who had
experience in such institutions would be the most
suitable. It was also decided to set apart a maximum of
5 marks for the personality of the candidate and
his/her presentation and performance. The marks
obtained in the interview (maximum 15) would be added
to the average percentage obtained in the qualifying
examination reduced to 85%. The total marks thus
obtained by the candidates would be tabulated in the
order of merit and final list would be prepared based on
the roster system."
(emphasis
supplied)
The appellant scored an aggregate of 66.77%, while the third respondent scored
76.3% in the qualifying examination in the para medical course. The interview for
the selection of candidates for the post was held on 22, 23 and 24 December
4 The appellant was given 9.5 marks in the experience category and 4.5
marks in the personality/presentation category. On the other hand, the third
respondent received one mark each in the components of experience and
personality/presentation. On the cumulation of the marks received in the three
categories namely, qualifying marks, experience and interview, the appellant
secured 70.86 marks while the third respondent secured 66.84 marks. Since the
appellant cumulatively received the highest marks in category 1, he was
appointed to the post of Junior Lab Technician in category 1 on 21 April 2009.
5 The third respondent instituted a writ petition under Article 226 of the
Constitution before the High Court of Karnataka to challenge the appointment of
the appellant. He sought a direction for quashing the appointment of the appellant
and his appointment in place of the appellant to the post. It was contended that
the selection of the appellant to the post, in spite of having scored lower marks in
the qualifying examination as compared to him was arbitrary. The petition was
resisted by the appellant on the following grounds:
(i) The third respondent ought to have approached the Karnataka
Administrative Tribunal to redress his grievances;
(ii) The Selection Committee is an expert body which was entitled to bifurcate
and assign 85% for the marks in the qualifying examination in the para
medical course, 10% for experience in a recognized health institution and
5% for vivo-voce; and
(iii) The appellant passed his para medical course in 2002-2003 and had three
years' experience in the hospital of the first respondent and one year's
experience in Bapuji Medical College, Davangere. On the other hand, the
third respondent passed his para medical course in 2007 and had
experience only of six months working under a private medical practitioner.
6 By a judgment dated 7 August 2015, the Single Judge dismissed the writ
petition for the reason that (i) the advertisement stipulated that a candidate who
had passed PUC must possess two years' experience; and (ii) since the third
respondent did not have the requisite experience as prescribed, the Selection
Committee was justified in awarding only one mark under the head of experience.
7 The third respondent assailed the correctness of the judgement of the
Single Judge in an intra court appeal and urged the following submissions : (i) the
selection process was skewed to favour 'insider' candidates, namely candidates
who were working for or had worked in the first respondent; (ii) the advertisement
calling for applications did not specify the requirement of experience for the post
of Junior Lab Technician, though it was prescribed for other posts; and (iii) For
the above two reasons, providing marks based on experience is arbitrary. On the
other hand, the appellant urged that (i) the Selection Committee consisted of
responsible persons who had resolved to grant ten marks for experience (with
preference to those who had earlier worked in government institutions) and 5
marks for the interview; and (iii) the Court must not sit in appeal and interfere with
the decision of the Selection Committee.
8 The Division Bench allowed the appeal and quashed the selection of the
appellant and directed the first respondent to consider the case of the third
respondent for appointment to the post of Junior Lab Technician within two
months. The Division Bench held that:
(i) The Court cannot sit in appeal over the work of the Selection Committee,
unless allegations of bias are established;
(ii) Bye-law No. 10 states that relaxation of age and other conditions can be
made during the process of selection at the discretion of the appointing
authority in order to utilize the best talent and experience. However, the
advertisement did not make any reference to the applicability of the Bye-
law 10 but only indicated that the selected candidate will be governed by
the bye-laws of the first respondent;
(iii) The bye-law is vague and has not prescribed any guidelines for the
exercise of discretion by the Selection Committee;
(iv) The Selection Committee evolved the criteria after the advertisement was
issued and when the selection process had begun;
(v) Most of the selected candidates were given high marks of 9 or 9.5 in the
experience category and 4.5 marks in the personal interview category. The
marks were given arbitrarily under the head of experience : one
candidate who only had four months' experience was given two marks for
experience, while other candidates who had experience exceeding four
months, were given one mark for experience;
(vi) No explanation has been furnished for dividing the marks in the ratio of
85:10:5. The absence of any criteria for the allotment of discretionary
marks leads to an inference of bias and mala fides; and
(vii) The bifurcation of marks for experience and personality after the
publication of the advertisement amounted to changing the rules of game
after the process had begun.
9 The appellant moved this Court in a Special Leave Petition. This Court
issued notice by an order dated 20 July 2012 and stayed the operation of the
judgment of the Division Bench. The appellant who was appointed in 2009 has
continued in the post for eleven years.
10 Mr SN Bhat, counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant has sought to
challenge the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court has urged the
following grounds :
(i) The marks allotted to the appellant under the heads of experience and
interview are not arbitrary. The appellant had an experience of one year in
a private institute and an experience of three years and one month in a
government medical institution as on the date of the application. On the
other hand, the third respondent had an experience of only six months
working under a doctor in private practice at the relevant time;
(ii) Though the advertisement did not prescribe experience as a minimum
qualification, there is a difference between prescribing a minimum
qualification and providing guidelines for identification of suitability of a
candidate from the selected pool. The Selection Committee has the power
to evolve criteria for determining the suitability of candidates among those
who fulfil the minimum criteria mentioned in the advertisement;
(iii) The Selection Committee resolved to segregate the work experience into
government and private sectors and decided to give more weightage to
those who have work experience in the government sector. The committee
was of the opinion that candidates who have worked in a governmental
institution would be more suitable for the post in the first respondent since
they would be familiar of the modalities of work. Thus, the marks allotted
by the Selection Committee were guided by a sound rationale;
(iv) The third respondent has not challenged the entire selection list but only
the selection of the appellant. Thus, the Court could not have referred to
the alleged irregularities in the marks provided to candidates in other
categories to impute mala fides; and
(v) The selection list was challenged before the Karnataka High Court in
Nagaraj v. Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences 3. The writ petition
was dismissed by the Single Judge and there was no appeal against the
order. Since the order of the Single Judge has attained finality, the
respondent cannot now raise arguments on the alleged arbitrariness of the
selection list.
11 Mr Devadatt Kamal, counsel appearing on behalf of the third respondent
has urged the following submissions:
(i) The advertisement calling for applications to the post of a 'Junior Lab
Technician' does not prescribe an experience criterion;
(ii) The Selection Committee has uniformly given all the selected candidates,
9.5 marks for experience and 4.5 marks for the interview. Candidates who
have not been selected were uniformly given one mark each for
experience and at the interview;
(iii) The rules of the game have been changed after the selection process had
set in; and
WP Nos. 62758-62760/2009
(iv) The merit list shows that the Selection Committee arbitrarily awarded
marks for experience. For instance, a candidate having four months'
experience in a private institution was given two marks while a person
having more than a year of experience in a private institute was only given
one mark.
12      The rival submissions fall for consideration.
13      A preliminary observation needs to be made at this stage of the analysis.
The third respondent did not challenge the entire selection list dated 20 April
2009. He challenged the appellant's selection and sought a direction for his
appointment in place of the appellant. The third respondent did not challenge the
entire selection since he and the appellant had applied under the same category,
namely Category 1 – OBC. The basis of the claim of the third respondent to the
post was that since he had secured higher marks as compared to the appellant in
the qualifying examination in the Lab Technician's course, he ought to have been
selected for the post. The Single Judge while dismissing the writ petition noted
the submission of the third respondent thus:
"2. […] It is the petitioner's grievance that his
name appeared at Serial No.213, wherein the percentage
of marks obtained by the petitioner is shown at 76.28%,
whereas the name of respondent no.3, who had actually
been selected for the post of Junior Laboratory
Technician, had appeared at Serial No.170 and the
percentage of marks of respondent no.3 was shown as
66.77%. In spite of this, it is the petitioner's grievance that
respondent no.3 had been appointed apparently on the
basis of the marks obtained at the interview and it is the
petitioner's suspicion that the marks were granted in
favour of respondent no.3 at the interview
notwithstanding; that he was less meritorious than the
petitioner and it is on this ground that the present petition
is filed seeking to question the appointment of
respondent no.3 and rejection of his application."
It was in the writ appeal that the third respondent challenged the selection criteria
of allotting marks for experience and the interview. It was argued before the
Division Bench that the advertisement had only mentioned the requirement of a
minimum educational qualification and that since it did not stipulate a requirement
of experience, the selection based on marks provided for experience was
arbitrary since the rules of the game were changed after the selection process
had commenced.
14 The selection list for the post of 'Junior Lab Technician' was challenged
before the High Court in another proceeding – Nagaraj (supra) – but the writ
petition was dismissed by the Single Judge. In Nagaraj, the casual labourers
working in the first respondent challenged the selection list for the post of 'Junior
Lab Technician' on the ground that they ought to have been regularised and
appointed to the post. It was also contended that the selection process adopted
by the first respondent was not transparent. The Single Judge rejected the
submission and held that the Selection Committee had selected candidates to the
post in accordance with the Bye laws and the guidelines devised by the Selection
Committee. The High Court held :
"8. After careful perusal of the stand taken by the
respondents specifically with reference to Annexure R1,
authorities have followed the procedure and mode of
selection as per terms and conditions notified in By-
laws of the first respondent. Selection Committee
consists of experts in the relevant field having rich
knowledge are well acquainted with the procedures for
selection category wise. Taking into consideration the
marks secured by the candidate in the examination,
performance, experience certificate, certificate issued
by the concerned authorised officer regarding their
experience, practical knowledge of work in the lab, all
the candidates herein are selected on merit basis
having regard to their better marks, better experience.
[…] Taking into consideration all these relevant
aspects and due to efflux of time, the prayer sought by
the petitioners, may not survive for consideration and
interference by this Court is not called for, nor I find any
good ground to interfere in these writ petitions. Hence, all
these petitions are dismissed as being devoid of merits."
(emphasis supplied)
Since the order of the Single Judge in Nagaraj has not been appealed, it has
attained finality and thus the marks allotted to candidates in other categories
cannot be scrutinised to cast doubt on the selection in Category 1.
15 Before proceeding to refer to the marks allotted to the third respondent and
the appellant by the Selection Committee for experience and at the interview, we
find it necessary to refer to the criteria for allocation of marks devised by the
Selection Committee. The Minutes of the Meeting of the Selection Committee
held on 20 August 2008 state that the committee resolved to give proportionate
weightage to the length of the service, with special preference to those
candidates who have worked in government medical colleges. For the selection
to the post of a 'Junior Lab Technician', the marks obtained in the qualifying
examination were assigned a weightage of eighty-five percent. Ten marks were
allotted to experience. Five marks were allotted for the personality of the
candidate, as adjudged in the interview. The Selection Committee laid down two
yardsticks for provision of marks for experience: (a) length of work experience of
the candidate; and (b) preference would be given to those who had worked in
teaching hospitals of government / autonomous medical colleges. The rationale
of the Selection Committee on differentiating between work experience in a
private and government institute was that those who had worked in a government
institute would be more suitable for the post due to the similarity of working
conditions owing to the fact that the first respondent is a government medical
institution.
16 It is in this background that we need to determine whether the marks
allotted to the appellant in the category of experience and personality are
arbitrary. The appellant at the time of submitting the application had a one year
work experience in Babuji Medical College, Devanagere (a private institution) and
three years of work experience with the first respondent. On the other hand, the
respondent at the time of the application, had six months' experience of working
under a doctor who was undertaking private practice. Not only did the appellant
have more years of work experience, he had work experience in a governmental
institution. Hence, the marks awarded to the third respondent and the appellant
bore a nexus to the yardstick determined by the Selection Committee. It is not the
case of the third respondent that the appellant was given more marks for
experience despite having less work experience. On a comparison of the marks
allotted to both the candidates with reference to the yardstick determined by the
Selection Committee, no mala fides could be imputed to the Selection
Committee. Nor is there an obvious or glaring error or perversity. The Court does
not sit in appeal over the decision of the Selection Committee.
17 During the course of his submissions, counsel for the third respondent
referred to the judgments of this Court in K Manjusree v. State of Andhra
Pradesh 4 and Bishnu Biswas v. Union of India5. In K Manjusree, in issue was
the selection of candidates to ten posts of District and Sessions Judge (Grade II)
in the Andhra Pradesh State Higher Judicial Service. The first merit list was
prepared by cumulating the marks obtained in the written examination out of
hundred and the interview marks out of twenty five. However, when the merit list
was placed before the committee, the list was sent back for reconsideration on
the ground that the marks for the written test were to be converted to eighty five.
Further, the committee also introduced a minimum mark qualification for the
interview. Therefore, the ratio of written (examination) and oral (interview) marks
was changed from 4:1 to 3:1 and an additional requirement of minimum marks for
the interview was introduced. This was challenged by candidates who were in the
first merit list but were left out in the second merit list. The change in the ratio of
marks from 4:1 to 3:1 was upheld by this Court on the ground that the resolution
of the committee was misinterpreted while publishing the first merit list based on
the 4:1 ratio. However, the Court held that the prescription of minimum marks for
interview was illegal since such an additional requirement was prescribed after
the commencement of the selection process. In this regard, Justice Raveendran
writing for a three judge Bench observed:
" 33. […] We have no doubt that the authority making
rules regulating the selection, can prescribe by rules, the
minimum marks both for the written examination and
interviews, or prescribe minimum marks for written exam
but not for the interview[…]. But if the Selection
Committee wants to prescribe minimum marks, it should
do so before the commencement of selection process. If
the Selection Committee prescribed minimum marks only
for the written examination, before the commencement of
selection process, it cannot either during the selection
(2008) 3 SCC 512
process or after the selection process, add an additional
requirement.[…]."
18 In Bishnu Biswas (supra), the rules had provided that candidates for eight
Group D posts would be selected based on the written exam of fifty marks.
However, after the written exam was held, a press notice was issued calling
successful candidates for an interview for which fifty marks were allotted.
Referring to various judgments of this Court including Manjusree (supra), the
selection list was quashed on the ground that the rules of the game (by including
the interview component) had changed after the selection process was initiated.
19 As we have noted earlier, the respondent had not challenged the selection
list or the inclusion of the experience and the interview component for the
determination of the merit list in the Writ Petition but had only sought his
appointment within the criteria prescribed. Hence, the reliance placed by the
respondent on Bishnu Biswas and Manjusree would not aid the case of the
third respondent.
20 The Division Bench of the High Court set aside the appointment of the
appellant on two grounds. First, the marks provided for candidates at the
interview and for experience category were held to be arbitrary. To arrive at this
conclusion, the Division Bench referred to the entire select list and found alleged
discrepancies in the allotment of the marks for experience and a pattern where all
the selected candidates were given higher marks for experience and at the
interview. Second, the Division Bench held that the advertisement issued by the
first respondent did not mention the criterion of work experience but only provided
the minimum educational qualifications. Thus, it held that the rules of the game
were changed after the process had started. The appointment of the appellant
was set aside by the Division Bench by finding that the additional selection
criteria devised and the marks provided in those criteria were arbitrary. As
observed earlier, the selection list was not challenged by the respondent. His only
ground for challenge was that he had to be selected since he was 'more
meritorious' as he had better qualifying marks. Therefore, determining the
legality of the selection list and perusing the entire selection list to determine
whether the selection of the appellant was arbitrary was erroneous as the
Division Bench transgressed the limits of challenge in the writ petition.
21 For the above reasons, we allow the appeal and set aside the impugned
judgment and order of the High Court of Karnataka dated 31 March 2017.
22 Pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of.
……………..…………………………J
[Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud]
…..………….…………………………J
[BV Nagarathna]
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You Are Here: Home → 2018 → January → 24 → Public sector union leader decries harassment from suspected state agent
Public sector union leader decries harassment from suspected state agent
Anne Marxze Umil January 24, 2018 Courage, Ferdinand Gaite., government employees, Manny Baclagon, President Duterte, Santiago Dasmariñas
"This is the handiwork of the Duterte regime using the same Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police and the paramilitary goons to terrorize and intimidate legitimate activists and unionists."
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – The national president of the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) Ferdinand Gaite decried harassment by a suspected state agent who went to his residence on Jan. 19.
According to COURAGE, a man went to Gaite's house at 11:00 a.m. and introduced himself as Danny, from the Department of National Defense (DND).
Captured from CCTV footage the man who introduced himseld as Danny and member of the. Department of National Defense. (Contributed photo)
Gaite was not at his house at that time, the man talked to his house help instead. The man asked personal information about Gaite such as the names of his children, the owner of his house, how he treats his house help, his job, among others.
The man was described to be about 5'9, has dark complexion and weighs about 150-160 pounds.
The group said the man went to his neighbors also asking the same questions in the guise of conducting a credit investigation for Gaite's supposed bank loan. The man left the village after an hour.
Gaite went to the village security guard upon learning about the incident. He found out that a certain David S. Jacson (whom they said fits the name of Danny) asked permission to visit Gaite at his house. The man's entry and exit from the village was recorded in a CCTV. He was riding a motorcycle with plate number NC 5392.
Gaite said he has no pending loan application and does not know Danny or David S. Jacson.
"This is the handiwork of the Duterte regime using the same Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police and the paramilitary goons to terrorize and intimidate legitimate activists and unionists," Gaite said in a statement.
In a statement, COURAGE vice president and National Federation of Employees' Associations in the Departments and Agencies in Agriculture (Nafeda) president Santiago Dasmariñas slammed President Duterte for continuing a counterinsurgency program patterned after the United States counterinsurgency guide of 2009.
He said this has resulted to various human rights abuses against the people, including union leaders and government employees. He said Duterte is not different from then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and President Benigno Aquino who also used the same tactics against activists. Dasmariñas was also a victim of harassment under Aquino.
"From the ranks of government workers at least six employees were killed, three detained on false charges and scores of others harassed by the military and the police in their offices and homes," Dasmariñas said.
Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said surveillance and attacks against human rights defenders under the Duterte administration are "reprehensible and downright illegal."
Almost all of victims of extrajudicial killings and arrests recorded by Karapatan experienced such forms of harassment and surveillance before they were killed or illegally arrested. Such attacks against rights defenders should stop," said Palabay.
Manny Bagclagon, president of the Department of Social Welfare and Development -Social Welfare Employees Association of the Philippines called the surveillance of Gaite as "desperate measures." He said instead of harassing their members and officers, Duterte should fulfill his promises to end contractualization, increase the salaries of all government employees and uphold the right to unionize.
The group vowed to mobilize and continue their struggle for salaries, jobs and rights.

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Today is our Music Club kick off for the new school year! I'm so excited to get to do this music-themed playgroup each month. We have had so much fun watching little ones enjoy music, play and crafting. This month's theme is FRIENDSHIP. We have some great songs lined up.
Everybody Came by Ambrosia Parsley on For the Kids, Too!
best friend by Jonathan Grossman on call me a NERD!
The Very First Day by Ron Sexsmith on For the Kids, too!
Recess Music has another compilation CD out as part of their Best Foot Forward series. We had the opportunity to experience and review Share! The latest addition is all about gratitude.
There are so many benefits to being grateful that I try to focus on gratitude with our kids. If one of them gets particularly cranky, or upset over something not going their way, I send them to the table with paper and pencil and have them write or draw 10 things they are grateful for. This has helped so many times to break the negative cycle of emotions and to help us bond together again.
Long story short, I was excited to have songs all about a gratitude attitude to support what I am already trying to incorporate into our every day. Overall I would give this album four stars. It has not been my favorite collection put together by Recess Music. It does have several songs that are fun and upbeat and carry a great message about gratitude. None of the songs have really caught my attention or stuck with me past the time I am listening to it. The song I really don't get is "There's a Pea on My Plate." I end up skipping it every time. Brent, however, said he found it humorous.
I think individual songs would be great for starting a discussion about why we're grateful, how we feel when we're grateful, and what we do to show we're grateful.And with that, we are grateful to be able to offer this CD to one BBGU reader. I have three items to giveaway this week so there will be three winners! You only have to enter once to be entered for all three items. They are Blink of an Eye by Frances England, Sukey Molloy's new DVD Sukey's Circle Vol 3, and Gratitude Attitude CD from Recess Music.
The giveaway is open to all US residents 18 years old and up. It will run through Sunday, August 25 and the winners will be selected and notified on Monday, Aug 26. Good luck!
You can read the full review of Share! here, but to recap, we enjoy hearing familiar artists on this compilation CD as well as getting to know new artists. It's been fun to play in the mornings as we get ready. Share! will be released March 26 and will be available on Recess Music's site, and Amazon.
You can read the full review of Got A Minute? here, but some highlights include "Baltimore," a location close to our hearts and fantastic songs that celebrate our beautiful earth. Got A Minute? will also be released March 26 and is available on Amazon and iTunes as well as Milkshake's site.
This giveaway will have two winners. One winner will receive a copy of Share! by Recess Music and the other winner will receive Got A Minute? by Milkshake. The giveaway is open through next Wed, Mar 27 for all adult residents of the US and Canada. Enter through the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win either Share! or Got A Minute? Good luck!
These are our current favorites. The ones where I actually look for the CD so we can listen to that one song (and then usually enjoy the rest of the album, too.) These songs brighten our moods, get us moving, laughing and enjoying each other.


The Morrisburg Waterfront Committee was established by the South Dundas Council in June 2011 to investigate and determine plans for the development of the Morrisburg waterfront.
Morrisburg Waterfront Advisory and Implementation Committee meetings take place the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm in the South Dundas Municipal Centre (3rd Floor Council Chambers). The public is welcome to attend.


Bridget Flanagan and Amy Mobley are the latest Northern Kentucky University basketball players to reach 1,000 career points. They join only 20 players in NKU history to have reached this goal.
Both seniors this year, Flanagan and Mobley have played side by side since entering NKU four years ago. Not expecting the news they were nearing 1,000 points, the women were both nervous and excited as the countdown began.
Mobley, the first to spillover, scored 24 points totaling 1,013 career points in the game against Wayne State University on Dec. 30. Her 1,000th point was a lay-up in the first half. The crowd erupted and an announcement was made.
"I was relieved, and happy it was a home game," she said.
Four games later and only points to go, Flanagan sank four three-pointers and two field goals against Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, to bring her career total to 1,007 points.
"It was a home game. All of my friends and family were there and I wanted to do it for them," said Flanagan. She also said both women are to receive the game ball from their 1,000th point game.
Thursday the Norse defeated the University of Missouri-St. Louis, 82-62, hitting 84.2 percent from the free-throw line. In Saturday's game against Southern Indiana, the Norse won 98-82, led by Flanagan who scored 31 points, and the team totaled 15 three- point goals.
NKU is now 8-2 and No. 1 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. This week the Lady Norse will take on rival Bellarmine University. Earlier this season Bellarmine defeated the Norse, 71-65, in Knights Hall.


I'm taking a photography class at RayKo Photography Center. Our first assignment was to practice portraiture, using light, proximity and the surrounds to tell a story.
Friedrich works in an urban garden.
But in his spare time, he likes to read.
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Arts & CultureCAROLINE JI: BLUE HOUR, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte
CAROLINE JI: BLUE HOUR, Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte
A solo exhibition, Oct 14 to Nov 20, 2020
Artist Talk & Virtual Vernissage: Wednesday Oct 21, 7:00pm-8:00pm. Artist Caroline Ji will join us live via Zoom to talk about her work and inspiration. You can join us from the comfort of your home through a video link that can be accessed on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Please email us at info@sivarulrasa.com and we will send you the link.
From October 14 to November 20, 2020, Sivarulrasa Gallery is pleased to present Caroline Ji: Blue Hour, a solo exhibition of paintings by artist Caroline Ji. The exhibition can be viewed in person during our regular gallery hours, Wednesdays to Sundays, 11am-5pm.
"Blue Hour" is a reference to the period before sunrise and after sunset when a serene blue light permeates the sky. "Blue hour is when I'm most inspired and most prone to pause work in the studio and look outside and start thinking about stuff" she notes. "It's magical like golden hour, but less glamorous and less in your face. It's fleeting, too, and that makes me sad, but I am comforted by the knowledge that it will arrive again tomorrow." The artist refers to many of the paintings in the show as blue hour paintings. During the pandemic, she spent much time in her Toronto studio painting in the blue hour before sunrise.
Caroline Ji's figurative works are evocative and intimate depictions of people she has met, re-lived conversations, and memories. Her paintings of still life and interior scenes are a way for her to record daily life by herself in the studio. Her work exudes solitude – "though I paint my friends a lot, the inspiration comes from moments of solitude by myself" she states. With oil as her chosen medium, she employs a striking colour palette with careful attention to lighting choices. "In a painting, unlike a movie, time happens all at once", she notes. Her compositions are aimed at creating a simple, cohesive idea from a multitude of complex, fleeting inputs. Some objects and individuals have a recurring presence in her works, including her blue guitar, an instrument she likes to play in the studio. Caroline Ji's paintings are held in private collections in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Hong Kong. Her work has been exhibited in Toronto, Ottawa, and the United States.
Please visit our Exhibition Webpage for more installation photos and available works: https://sivarulrasa.com/exhibitions/caroline-ji-blue-hour/
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How Women Entrepreneurs Can Beat the Odds
By Claire Lee, Head, Early Stage Practice, Silicon Valley Bank
The numbers continue to be depressing and disappointing. Startups that are founded by women get between 2 percent and 4 percent of venture capital globally. Compiled from more than 1,000 tech and life science executives, our "Women in Technology Leadership 2018" report highlights the issues and confirms what I am seeing firsthand at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)
Companies with at least one female founder say that the fundraising environment is more challenging than what companies with only male founders report—and they raise much later.
They bootstrap with bucks from friends and family, and more often postpone institutional fundraising altogether.
The number of women in leadership (i.e., the ones making all of the major decisions) is not at a healthy level of representation: 57 percent of startups don't have a woman in an executive position and 71 percent don't have a woman on their board.
What can we do differently? For startup founders, raising capital is critical to building a business. Here are six tips I have learned from incredible, successful founders and their investors:
#1 Understand what investors want. Never forget: investors are in it to pick winners, so they can make money. Gender aside, raising capital is tough for the huge majority of founders. Only the best companies secure institutional equity finance. Don't forget what you are worth. Think big. Now is not the time to be conservative.
#2 Select long-term partners. Find investors who believe in you (not necessarily the product) so that you feel more confident to take risks, and even fail. Did you know it takes, on average, seven tries to be successful? Stick with the investor who is there with you for the first six. In a sense, this is a marriage. You should research potential investors and do due diligence on them, just as much as they do on you. You can seize market advantage with the right people alongside you.
#3. Listen. There's a fine line between unrelenting focus on your mission and keeping an open mind. Listening to advice and knowing when to apply it is critical. SVB client Shivani Siroya, founder and CEO of Tala, was passionate about helping entrepreneurs in emerging nations gain credit more easily. It was during her travels to Africa and Asia, going to people's homes and businesses to understand the flows of capital, that a young Kenyan gave her the idea to turn her credit scoring and lending tool into a mobile app. "The more open you are, the more you will get really great advice," Siroya says.
#4 Build the team. At the end of the day, your team is what really allows you to differentiate your company. Surround yourself with doers and supporters. It's not easy. Hiring people is the biggest obstacle for growing companies. You are competing for precious resources. SVB client Leura Fine, founder and CEO of Laurel & Wolf, set out to democratize and disrupt the world of interior design. She was determined to make it affordable. She took her skills and attracted a killer team that could turn it into reality. Investors want you to execute and get stuff done. They need to see you build a team that can turn your vision into reality.
#5 Be resilient. Gather the grit and banish the doubt. If you suffer a setback, don't dwell on it. Dust yourself off, get up and move on. Every day, I meet amazing people who have faced rejection and turned it on its head. Take SVB client Kathryn Minshew, founder and CEO of The Muse, who was told no 148 times when pitching investors for her seed round. Yet she stuck with her vision, and today, 50 million people come to The Muse every year.
#6 Know that you are not alone. Concentrate on the real-life stories of women defying stereotypes. Be inspired by their example, and follow their lead. There's so much acknowledgement now that access to capital is sub-optimal for women, and women, especially young women, are willing to challenge the status quo, arguing "that just does not work for me." Fight for a level playing field—and continue fighting. It is incumbent on all of us, regardless of gender or background. Through inspiration and increased representation, we thrive.
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Soldering and De-Soldering the GPU, CPU & the Samsung "Memory Chip".
Red rings? Error codes? Ring of Death? Repairing the Xbox 360 printed circuit board (PCB) is easier than ever with the ZT-7 Hot Air Soldering Benchtop System. Easy for reflowing (re-soldering) chips, or de-soldering and removing a GPU, CPU or Memory Chip, and replacing and re-soldering them back to the PCB. The ZT-7 System is affordable, has 15 years of proven performance, is made in the U.S. with a 2-year limited warranty.
Don't be fooled by IR systems that may "repair" a PCB temporarily, but actually harm boards and chips. Complete reflow of the entire solder ball on each connection is required, not only "tangential reflow" that later reopens as the PCB flexes during console play. Video Comparisons & Demonstrations: 4 Methods of Preheating & Solder Reflow illustrates the advantages of forced convection and why it's the global PCB industry standard worldwide.
PCB Fixtures Must Be Independent from both the lower pre-heater and from the upper reflow heater. If one is trying to repair or reflow a large quantity of PCB's, then speed is important. So having to wait for a large PCB (like the XBox 360) to first preheat, and then later to cool down for a long time before moving on to the next PCB wastes a lot of time and money and profit.
An Independent PCB Holding Fixture is simply essential for reworking PCB. Save time and money. Learn why: Video: The ABC's of PCB Holding Fixtures.
And don't overlook the fact that the ZT-7 is equally effective for PlayStation® PCB Repair & Rework Station.
Not Just for Game Consoles, your ZT-7 is also a moneymaker if you are repairing smartphones, tablets, laptops and most every type of PCB on earth!
Q: What are these chip packages that Microsoft® and Sony® call the GPU, the CPU, and the Memory Chips? And why do they look so different from other components?
Above left: Bottom side of a QFP Surface Mount Chip with the leads at the side for soldering to the PCB. Above right: Bottom side of a BGA Chip with solder spheres (balls) at the bottom for soldering to the PCB.
Many chips on the XBOX 360® and PlayStation® PC Boards are packaged in the BGA format including the GPU, CPU and Memory Chips. Indeed, most consumer electronic PCB's today incorporate more and more BGA style chips as they are more robust in construction and have faster gate speed for processing.
Once a BGA is placed and soldered to the PCB, you can no longer "see" any connections (balls): they are underneath the chip and not visible to the eye.
The XBOX and PlayStation® PCB's chips are all soldered with lead-free solder, not the more traditional solder. Lead-free solder requires higher than traditional temperatures so PCB preheat imperative.
At the left, you can see the XBOX 360 printed circuit board populated with its components including the critical GPU, CPU and Memory Chip chips. And shown below is the XBOX CPU component which is Ball Grid Array (BGA) styled package (see the yellow highlighted sidebar for further explanation).
Effective PCB pre-heating is critically important for success and quality soldering and rework of XBox 360 chips and boards. And this is where many systems "repair stations" fail miserably because of their ineffective IR preheating under the PCB thus requiring unacceptable higher final soldering temperatures above which permanently damage the chips. And once a chip is damaged, it then has to be completely removed, replaced and re-soldered.
Beware! Some "repair stations" have such ineffective upper heaters that they require the entire PCB to be pre-heated underneath to over 200°C for over twenty minutes! Worse, the manufacturers of these "machines" advise users to cover chips with foil during the process. Are they crazy? This nonsense is prohibited by reputable PCB labs and repair companies.
BGA's have less metal content than old traditional chips and components with leads. These chips are far more sensitive to high temperatures. A low temperature (150°C) preheat around 3 minutes is required before any rework, soldering or desoldering is to be made. BGA's have technical data sheets with strict temperature limitations to prevent damaging them while soldering.
The ZT-7 is the very same soldering system that was used by NASA to place and solder the critical, high-reliability I.C.'s on the two Mars Rovers whose mission was so successful in 2003 and 2004.
Good enough for NASA and easy enough to repair an XBox 360 PCB! And at a great price! Click here to learn more detail about the ZT-7 Hot Air Station.
Helpful Rework Guide: Zephyrtronics ships each ZT-7 with a detailed and helpful owners manual along with the 39-page report by NASA for its employees which features approximately 300 photographs filled with technical tips and techniques. In addition, for those reworking and repairing XBox360® modules, we also include a step-by-step illustrated guide for removing and replacing the components and even practice PC Boards and chips!
A Warning from NASA About IR Rework Systems: "Hot plates and infrared pre-heaters are not recommended...The reason that they should not be used is that the thermal reaction times, energy transfer rates and efficiency are never consistent."
The ZT-7 Has No IR whatsoever, only the decades proven "industry standard" of forced convection hot air. The ZT-7 is easy to operate with digital, closed-loop, programmable temp control, digital countdown timing, bottom-side preheat and thermal profiling for quality work. The ZT-7 is not limited to just the XBox PCB's, but is ideal for reworking smart-phones, laptops, plasma television PCB's, prototype and small production runs. For more specs, technical info and product details about our popular XBox® or PlayStation® repair stations, click for the full webpage for the ZT-7 Hot Air BGA & SMT PCB Center. Or call us at our Los Angeles factory Mon-Fri 8-6PM (Pacific) at (909) 865-2595 or e-mail david@zeph.com. We're happy to help.
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Commission a multi-media installation by Michel Comte in the Arctic and build a new platform for environmental projects in the arts.
Wavelength Foundation builds a new platform to put environmentalism centre stage. The Change Maker Scheme will support, produce, research and fund environmental projects internationally in the arts, culture and journalism.
Our launch project, Black Light, is a large scale light installation in the arctic by legendary photographer Michel Comte.
Join us for this wake-up call to the global arts and culture communities to face up to the challenges from climate change.
We are 12 years from reaching a tipping point: the moment when the fall-out from global warming will become irreversible. In the face of crisis, culture and contemporary art can spread our most powerful messages. Wavelength Foundation is about building a platform and a movement for arts and culture to highlight the environment as our most urgent cause. As a culture catalyst the Wavelength Change Maker Scheme supports new initiatives in the arts, activism and investigation.
Responding to our international call to the global arts and culture community, acclaimed artist and photographer Michel Comte will be the first high-profile artist to join this new environmentally focused initiative. His large-scale multimedia installation in the arctic 'Black Light' will be a response to the foundation's call to artists to take a leading role in the fight against climate change. As part of the installation Comte will invite all local and international sailors to take part and witness the event. Join us to make it happen!
Black Light reaches out to the global arts communities to join all cultural forces and efforts around the central issue of our time: global warming. With your help, we can all commission this piece together and build a new platform for environmentalism in the arts.
Time and apathy are the biggest challenges we are facing in the race against climate change. Arts and culture possess an unique power to inspire and to shake up, to share ideas and to unite in a common cause. Visual arts and culture are powerful tools to convey inconvenient truths: one of them is that we have not even begun to grasp the dimensions of the damage humans have made due to excess carbon output and greenhouse gases emission, and of the consequences that are to haunt generations to come. With your support and Black Light as a launch project, we are establishing the Change Maker Scheme to make an lasting impact and help the arts to become an important ambassador for the environment.
Long a vocal advocate for the cause of critical environmental thinking, Michel Comte has dedicated large parts of his career to the examination of and engagement with endangered nature and humanitarian causes. As a war photographer, he worked with the International Red Cross as well as working in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Sudan and Cambodia. A keen climber, Comte has been portraying glaciers around the world for the past 30 years. He recently presented three major multimedia exhibitions directly connected to climate change , Light at MAXXI museum in Rome (November 2017) and Black Light, White Light at the Triennale di Milano (November 2017) and Light III at Galerie Urs Meile in Beijing (May 2018).
Wavelength Foundation is a cultural catalyst, a platform and a movement to encourage the arts and culture communities to participate in a global campaign to raise awareness about one of today's most urgent causes; the effects of climate change. The foundation calls upon artists, musicians, writers, thinkers, cultural, scientific and educational institutions to unite and form a new cross-disciplinary movement that can take on the enormous task of creating a culture of global awareness and change.
Cultural and artistic projects putting pressure on politics and politicians to improve decision making with regards to the environment and climate change.
Community and local activism projects implementing lasting initiatives and improve levels of awareness and engagement.Investigative projects, both journalistic and academic.Environmental projects by artists and cultural practitioners under the age of 21.
In regular summits the foundation brings together artists, journalists, scientists, academics and cultural institutions and leaders internationally to advance environmental thinking and climate change awareness in contemporary culture. We read 'culture' with a wide scope, catching the arts, music, literature, politics, education, sports, and science alike, and the areas that interconnect all of them.
As the IPCC report released this autumn revealed, the world is just 12 years from reaching its next tipping point: the moment when the fall-out from global warming becomes irreversible. In the face of such a global crisis, culture and contemporary art are needed more than ever to share a powerful message around the world. This most recent report must be read as a stern warning.
While the Paris Agreement from 2015 is under threat politically, the world is already experiencing extreme weather, sea level rise, ocean acidification, heat, drought, floods and the resulting poverty. Every step in the wrong direction comes with further worrying effects on wildlife, crops, water availability and human health, as well as migration, displacement and war.
Michel Comte's 'Black Light' is our first project on this scale, and we hope you take part in its realisation and join us in the creation of this new platform.
Black Light is a hugely ambitious project that unites an international team behind one urgent cause. Your support is crucial to help us in the commissioning of a major contemporary art installation, as well a film and book resulting from this journey. You are making the the set up of the Wavelength Change Maker Scheme happen.
Global warming is of global relevance and – more than anything else – we want to encourage interest, support and synergies from all cultural sectors. Black Light is an unique opportunity for us to highlight the importance of this one urgent cause and to bring it to the widest possible audience.
Black Light relies on an international team of skilled experts. We are working hard to anticipate and avoid risks and challenges to the arctic expedition and will make sure all backers receive their rewards.
Contribution in solidarity with our project. You will receive regular updates and images from the journeys.
You will receive a postcard from Wavelength's edition of photo documentations taken at sea.
Become a Wavelength Friend and get exclusive invitations to our summits, regular updates on our campaign and projects and always be the first to get your hands on special editions coming from our artists, musicians and writers.
Support the Black Light project and help making a new platform for young artists working with the environment happen. You receive this exclusive high quality photo print from a Wavelength expedition to the north. Dimensions: 40x28cm approx.
Support the Black Light project and help making a new platform for young artists working with the environment happen. You receive this exclusive high quality photo print from a Wavelength expedition to the north. Dimensions: 55x40cm approx.
Support the Black Light project and help making a new platform for young artists working with the environment happen. You receive this exclusive XXL high quality photo print from a Wavelength expedition to the north. Dimensions: 80x60cm approx.
You help Wavelength Foundation to secure its artist commissions and receive this high quality photo print by Michel Comte. Dimensions: 40x30cm approx.
Your support helps Wavelength Foundation to secure its artist commissions. You receive this high quality photo print by Michel Comte. Dimensions: 50x40cm approx.
Support Wavelength Foundation and help shaping a new platform for environmentalism in the arts. Your contribution will support young artists and initiatives to launch their projects. You will receive one of these 10 SIGNED high quality photo prints by Michel Comte. Dimensions: 60x30cm approx.
Patrons receive an exclusive edition of any artwork produced as well as a publication documenting the process, alongside exclusive invitations to studio visits and events.
Wavelength's Change Maker Scheme is a catalyst initiative in support of forward thinking cultural-environmental initiatives that apply pressure on politics, implement local and community activism, fund journalistic and academic investigation and encourage applications from artists and cultural practitioners under the age of 21.
With your support you take on one of the four segments in the Change Maker Scheme for one year. Wavelength Foundation works in close collaborations with artists and patrons to make the experience an intellectually stimulating and rewarding encounter.


Cherie is an executive coach, executive team advisor, and master facilitator who inspires leaders to undertake a more conscious practice of leadership.
Her primary focus is helping CEO's, founders and their start-up teams navigate and accelerate scaling through key stages of growth, particularly early funding through adolescence, where challenges of leadership capacity, strategic clarity, organizational alignment and cultural growth are critical. She has worked with Twilio, Twitter, Climate Corp, LinkedIn, Medium, eero, CodeScience, KCG, Nuelle, Declara and a wide range of early stage start-ups in Silicon Valley.
Cherie is highly valued for her authenticity, pragmatism, provocativeness and capacity for trusted partnership. She has a track record in activating critical business thinking, shifting mindsets and inspiring teams and organizations to problem solve and address their most burning acknowledged and unacknowledged issues. She has personally coached hundreds of leaders and has helped transform many teams from 'working' status to highly functioning, cohesive teams.
Cherie's work is built on a background of 20-plus years of global leadership experience within Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, EMI Recorded Music and Westpac Banking, as well as technology start-ups such as Zynga and ninemsn. In these roles, she designed and facilitated executive/VP+ development experiences, and co-lead projects for business units focused on strategy-setting, M&A integration, design thinking, organizational execution, and change management.
Cherie holds a MBA from the University of Washington, a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland University of Technology, is a certified coach from New Ventures West Institute and has partially completed her MA in Integral Psychology at the California Institutes of Integral Studies. Her work is influenced by business strategists, such as Gary Hamel and Ronald Heifetz from HBS, Otto Sharmer from MIT and a wide range of group dynamic processes, transpersonal teachers and mindfulness practices.


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The Saint of the Day presents a daily calendar of Saints remembered by the Church and featured in the Vatican calendar. The pages feature the stories of the great witnesses of Christian life through the centuries, lighting our way on our journey of faith.
St. Antony M. Zaccaria, priest, Founder of the Barnabitis
Although he lived on 36 years, St Anthony had a profound effect on the Church of the 16th century. He founded the Barnabite community, and the associated Angelic Sisters of St Paul and the Laity of St Paul. Twice he was accused of heresy, and twice absolved.
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Boeing Australia Limited today was certified by the Commonwealth as an Authorised Maintenance Organisation (AMO) for the Royal Australian Army fleet of Bell 206B-1 Kiowa and S-70-A Black Hawk training helicopters.
The certification includes on- and off-aircraft deeper maintenance and provides Boeing Australia Limited with the full maintenance authority required to complete its maintenance and modification contracts.
Lt. Col. Robert Crowe, Army Aviation Systems Program Office chief engineer, presented the AMO documentation today on behalf of the Commonwealth to Tony Trew, vice president and general manager of Boeing Australia Limited's Aerospace Support division, in a ceremony at the Army Aviation Training Centre in Oakey.
'Boeing Australia Limited's operation at Oakey has developed significantly in recent months, and I believe this performance further solidifies our position as one of the leading aerospace support facilities in the region and confirms the company's significant rotary wing capabilities,' he continued.
The AMO certification is in support of the Commonwealth of Australia's Army Aviation Training and Training Support (AATTS) contract. The AATTS contract consolidates a number of current contracts that support the Army Aviation Training Centre at Oakey air base, Queensland. Boeing Australia Limited is responsible for providing flight and maintenance Helicopter training for Army pilots and ground technical staff. This training will use existing aircraft training systems, including the Bell 206B-1 Kiowa and S-70-A Black Hawk helicopters.


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The State of Press Releases in 2018 + How To Write One
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Here on the Association Insider, we talk a lot about ways to create content that resonates with your members. Whether that's on your social media channels, through a post on your blog, or an article in your monthly newsletter, there are so many unique ways to connect with your audience. However, one source of content we don't discuss frequently are press releases.
Are Press Releases Dead?
"A press release is an official announcement issued to the news media.The heading should contain action verbs, the first paragraph should answer the; who, what, why and where. The press release should contain understandable language and a quote." – HubSpot
Press releases were once the primary tool for companies to share announcements. According to Forbes, however, press releases have now become nearly obsolete with over 63% of companies using Twitter or Facebook to share their news. Many professionals see press releases as an "antiquated and ineffective tactic," for content sharing (John Rampton).
So why are we sharing a guide on how to write a press release, you ask? Aren't press releases dead? Well, not exactly. Let's take a closer look below.
Why Press Releases Are Still Useful
While it may seem that formal press releases are on a steady decline, they can still be useful in some situations. Becuase many companies forgo the formality of a press release and use social media or a blog post to release news updates, the market for press releases is fairly open, meaning the likelihood of readers noticing your press release increases greatly.
Furthermore, because press releases read differently than a blog post or a social media post, it can help you stand out from competitors. Press releases are also relatively inexpensive to produce, according to Unspun Marketing, a technology-driven marketing company in India. All you need to do is have someone write it, pass it off to PR, and then have it circulated by the media. Sounds like a pretty good way to get the word out, right?
Now that we know that a press release could be a unique way to get yourself in front of readers and promote your association, let's review a few tips and tricks on writing a comprehensive press release. These tips come from a 2017 HubSpot Press Release Template.
When: "You've got your announcement in mind, and now it's time to get it down in words to share with your community, industry, and followers." (HubSpot)
Press releases should be used in very specific circumstances. For example, maybe you've just hired a new CEO or acquired a new company. That kind of news definitely garners a press release. It's exciting and people need to know about it. The media will want to share that news too, helping you get the word out even more.
When it comes to other topics like redecorating your conference room or allowing employees to bring their dogs to work? Probably not appropriate for a press release.
Structure: Just as you would any formal document, it's important you follow the specific structure set for a press release. See the outline we've set below along with the attached example.
Date – "For Immediate Release"
Creative Headline
Media outlets get dozens of reports a day, so make sure yours stands out by writing a compelling headline.
Introduction Paragraph
Include your association, location, and a brief synopsis of the story.
Supportive Paragraph(s)
Explain what this press release is about and why it's so important. Give detials but be succinct. Do not go over one page.
CTAs (Calls to Action)
Do you want your audience to take action after reading this document? Be clear about your expectations by including a CTA.
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How To Publish Your Press Release
Now that you've written your press release, it's time to publish. Think about who needs to see this document. What media contacts would be the most helpful in sharing this content? Compile a list of potential candidates and review it with the team. Once you've picked the most appropriate groups, send it out and publish a copy on your website.
Though press releases are on a steady decline, there is still a time and place for their use. Just be sure to consider your content and how to best share it whether that be through social media, a blog post, or a press release. Also keep in mind your audience and industry when making your decision.
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This eLearning event will walk you through the step-by-step process of choosing a crate, introducing, and using a crate for your dog. You will learn about using a crate as a housetraining, safey, short-term, and long-term tool.
Teoti Anderson, CPDT-KA, KPA-CTP, owns Pawsitive Results, L.L.C., and has been a professional dog trainer for more than 17 years. Teoti is the author of Your Outta Control Puppy, Super Simple Guide to Housetraining, Quick and Easy Crate Training and Terra-Nova Puppy Care and Training. She is also a columnist for Modern Dog magazine, has been interviewed for Southern Living, DogFancy, The New York Times, Whole Dog Journal, Puppies USA and other national publications, and is also a popular presenter. She shares her home with a Labrador Retriever, a Belgian Tervuren and a Papillon who reigns over it all.


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Remarks to Members of Parliamentary Committees of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Thank you for your welcome.
I am honoured to meet with the members of the Dutch parliament today.
This is my sixth visit to the Netherlands as Secretary-General.
Every time I come I am heartened by the Dutch people's commitment to inclusiveness, diversity, international cooperation and civil liberties.
The contribution of the Netherlands to the work of the United Nations touches on all aspects of the Organization's work: peace and security, development, human rights and humanitarian assistance.
The Netherlands is a key partner of UN peacekeeping.
It is one of the most important actors in international efforts to stabilize Mali.
You are also active in South Sudan and the Middle East.
I also appreciate the work of the Netherlands on counter-terrorism and your support for the Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism.
I look forward to continued cooperation with the Netherlands to counter this rapidly growing threat.
Parliaments have a key role to play in implementing the recommendations of the Plan of Action.
As I have stressed on many occasions, the UN is emphasizing conflict prevention and mediation.
I deeply appreciate the Netherlands' membership in the Group of Friends of Mediation.
Also, through your vital support for the International Court of Justice, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, The Netherlands promotes peaceful means to resolve international disputes and promote the rule of law.
Access to justice and a fair justice system are fundamental components of human rights.
In that sense, The Hague has become a symbol of the international community's efforts to protect human rights.
I congratulate you on the opening of the permanent premises of the International Criminal Court, and thank the Netherlands for hosting this essential pillar of international justice.
Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes represent the most serious violations of human rights.
I will continue to urge Member States that are not Party to the Rome Statute to show their commitment to accountability for such crimes by ratifying or acceding to it.
Honourable Members of Parliament,
This Friday, many Heads of State and Government will travel to New York to sign the Paris Agreement on climate change.
I again thank the Netherlands for its leadership and support leading up to this landmark accomplishment.
Countering climate change is a key component of sustainable development.
The Netherlands has been a key player in the post-2015 development process, including the Royal Family, which has been active in promoting water and sanitation issues and inclusive financing for development.
In the area of humanitarian action, I thank the Netherlands for its generous support to Syria announced at the London Conference in February.
This placed your country among the top ten donors in terms of pledged amount.
Holding the Presidency of the European Union, the Netherlands has an important role to play in ensuring collective action on the challenges related to the large movements of refugees and migrants towards Europe.
I count on the leadership of the Netherlands to craft a solution that is sustainable and practical and in line with international human rights and humanitarian law.
In particular, I urge the Netherlands to engage other European nations in constructing a comprehensive strategy to successfully integrate refugees and migrants, which would allow them to make a positive contribution to the communities that have given them protection.
Governments should address refugees and migrants' need for access to employment and livelihoods, language and skills training, education and other essential services, as well as a more permanent legal status.
In this regard, the role of parliaments is crucial.
I and many others are concerned about the rise of xenophobic nationalism and rhetoric against "the other" in Europe.
Successful integration would prove such rhetoric to be false.
On the other hand, statements, policies and practices that promote intolerance and fear put integration efforts at risk.
Leaders – and parliamentary representatives – need to keep in mind that they serve as examples in setting the tone and terms of public discourse.
The UN is doing its utmost to address, in an integrated manner, the various aspects of the impact of the large movement of migrants and refugees.
I count on the support of the Netherlands for the UN's efforts to bring world leaders together to discuss the way forward, including at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul next month and at the High-Level Plenary of the General Assembly on Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants in September.
When faced with challenges, it is easy to look inward.
I count on the Netherlands to continue to build on its long tradition of international cooperation and respect for international law and human rights to guide Europe.
Let us transform challenges into opportunities in our quest for a sustainable future of peace dignity and opportunity for all.
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Podcasts Within the Trenches
Within the Trenches Ep 160
By Ricardo	— 2 years ago
This episode is sponsored by Dispatch In Depth. A new podcast by the IAED. You can catch new episodes on iTunes, Stitcher Radio and Soundcloud. Ep 160 of Within the Trenches features Becky, ACS, or acting communications supervisor, and Mark a telecommunicator with Southeast Emergency Communications in IL. In this episode both Becky and Mark share their 9-1-1 story, how they got started, calls that have stuck with them and how they can make one question the decisions they make in a moments notice. It's a must listen!
As always, if you have any comments, questions or you would like to be a guest on the show send an email to wttpodcast@gmail.com.
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Jabber Log News Within the Trenches
The Calm Within The Storm Of 9-1-1 Calls
By Ricardo	—	8 years ago
Tammy Gane - Allegan Co. 9-1-1 Operator
Within Allegan County Central Dispatch sits one of several seasoned 9-1-1 operators. Her 20 years of experience have contributed to the safety of the public as well as her co-workers in public safety. During down time, she jokes with her co-workers in the room. Having a contagious laugh, the others can't help but join in. The phones rings, the room goes silent.
"9-1-1 where's your emergency?"
This is how Tammy Gane answers a 9-1-1 call. She's calm and professional with a helping of patience. She questions the caller asking for an address, name, phone number, and the situation. The call involves a car that was broken into over night. Something easy when it comes to taking a 9-1-1 call but it's not always this easy. Tammy has dealt with far worse during the course of her career.
Gane, the oldest of three, grew up in western Michigan. The daughter of a homemaker and father, who was a truck driver, was taught a strong work ethic. This quality would follow her throughout her life and carry on in the lives of her two daughters. She began her career through friends and a chance meeting at an FOP (Fraternal Order of Police) corn roast. This meeting led to a night where she caught the public safety bug.
"I had a lot of friends that were in law enforcement and I played softball. Some of my girlfriends on the team were also married to state troopers so that's how I got into the circle. One year I was at the corn roast with one of my girlfriends and I met Rachel's dad there." Rachel, being her eldest daughter, "we ended up going to a bar and his buddies left him. He wanted me to give him a ride home but I didn't really know him so I made him stay at a hotel."
She smiles and laughs as she reflects on this memory. "The next day he asked for a ride again and I didn't even know him so I bought him a bus ticket and put him on the bus." Laughter ensues as she continues her story. "We started dating and when we decided to get married I moved to Kalamazoo." Gane explains that around the summer of '85 her husband at that time had asked her if she wanted to ride with him during his night shift. It was the night before Thanksgiving. Gane had decided to accompany her husband that night. She started out the shift in dispatch where she describes the scene as "just crazy busy." She later rode with her husband and witnessed a fight with a disorderly subject and radio traffic that left her pumped.
That night in dispatch was only the beginning. She would later land a job with Kalamazoo's Juvenile Court. She dealt with child abuse neglect cases, delinquent adoption cases, and worked the switchboard. Gane also worked for a local attorney but moved to St. Joseph some time later. Around this time, she gave birth to her daughter Rachel and had gone from having a clerk's job in the jail of Berrien County to working in dispatch. Her training back then in dispatch was that of pure observation and common sense. Her very first 9-1-1 call was someone who wanted to commit suicide.
"One night it got really busy and the 9-1-1 line was ringing and no one was available and the supervisor says, 'answer it'." Gane sits up as she gets into her story. "It was a guy saying, 'I'm going to kill myself' and I was thinking to transfer him to the suicide hotline." The call was transferred while the caller continued to sob. When the suicide hotline picked up it was only an automated system. She disconnected from the hotline and continued to speak to the caller.
"I start talking to him and his wife had left him. Every Thursday night, I'll never forget this…He goes and gets groceries and when he came home there was a note from his wife that she was leaving him and she left him a tape, a cassette tape, like a letter on a tape. He put the tape in, heard part of it and the machine ate it." She continued to speak to him but the caller kept putting the phone down. "I kept thinking I was going to hear a gun shot," Gane explains. Luckily she did not hear a gun shot. Instead she was able to keep her cool and keep the caller talking long enough for the officers to get there.
She tells the story of her first 9-1-1 call as if it were yesterday. She's spoken to many suicidal callers since then but recently she answered a call that made national news. On the morning of Feb. 28th 2012, Gane took a call from a suicidal subject who led police on a high-speed car chase. She could hear a man screaming hysterically with police sirens in the background. Gane used her experience, calm demeanor, and patience to persuade the caller to not only slow down but also pull over. "First I asked, how fast are you going? And then lets take it down to 50 and let me know when you get to 30 and he just started listening," Gane explains. The call can be heard in its entirety here but if you do a simple Google search you can find reports from all over on how well Gane did during this call.
Gane continues to set the bar high for 9-1-1 dispatchers. She describes her job as one where, "nothing is easy, it's constant problem solving." There is no real break within the walls of dispatch and Gane attributes stress relief by having good co-workers. They, and her two daughters admire her. "My mom is the most hard working woman I know. She has taught me the work ethic that I have today, and I truly thank her for that." In the end, Gane looks back at her career and how to stay ahead of the rest.
"You have to be able to put up with everything. Deal with the bad and the good and hopefully the good outweighs the bad."
(Audio Source: 911dispatch.com)
Jabber Log Within the Trenches
Episode 158 features Kim Turner, Communications Manager for San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in California. She's also the President of Kim Turner LLC. In this episode Kim tells her 9-1-1 story from dispatch to a police officer and back to run a dispatch center. She shares her experience with a car accident that caused a traumatic brain injury and how dispatch saved her life. She also shares stories from two major incidents in and around her county.
This is a must listen! As always if you have any comments, questions or you want to be a guest on the show, send an email to wttpodcast@gmail.com.
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/us/san-bernardino-shooting/index.html
Kim's 9-1-1 story
How 9-1-1 dispatch saved her life
The Christopher Dorner incident
San Bernardino County Terrorist Attack
Welcome to another episode of Within the Trenches, true stories from the 9-1-1 dispatchers who live them.
Recap of NENA 9-1-1 Goes to Washington
Celebrating 50 years of 9-1-1
Kari's Law – Official signing
NG9-1-1 Institute Awards Reception
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel's speech
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Walk the most beautiful stages - ¡French Camino from Roncesvalles!
Travel through Spain's history along diverse landscapes such as the Pyrenees and pine forests in Navarra, the sweet-smelling vineyards in La Rioja and the wide plains in Castilla until we reach Galicia with its majestic mountains and tranquil oak and chestnut forests. Our Camino Plus begins in the town of Roncesvalles on the border with France and includes a selection of the 13 most beautiful and significant stages of the French Way in Spain. Using our private support vehicle to take us from one stage to the other, you will get a taste of different landscapes, cultures, and food all along the French Way. This Camino includes walking the last and most important 100 kilometers from Sarria to Santiago so you can obtain the Compostela Certificate.
All breakfasts and 11 dinners are included in this tour. We have carefully selected the included meals so you can have a taste of the most typical, most delicious, local cuisine.
We excluded 4 dinners when we stay in main cities (Pamplona, Logroño, Burgos and León) which offer a large variety of dinner options. This way you have the freedom to stroll through the city and discover it on your own. Our guides will always be around and can give all the recommendations you need. Most lunches are not included to provide more flexibility during the day and so you can experiment on your own. You can stop and eat something along the way, or have lunch at the end of the daily stage.
Vegetarians, vegans, or those with a special diet (eg. gluten-free) can always find suitable options. Just let us know beforehand and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.
All of our accommodations are hand-picked to give you the best possible experience.
We will stay in charming hotels in bigger cities and typical Galician manors as we enter rural Galicia. The manors are usually in rural areas, that used to be the homes of important people in the community in the past such as kings or noblemen. They form part of the cultural experience. Usually they are located in privileged areas surrounded with green, peaceful scenery. All our accommodations have a private en suite bathrooms. You can be sure to receive personalized attention and excellent service from the owners, who will make you feel more than at home.
You walk at your own pace. There is no one you have to follow or walk with. We have meeting points along the way where our support vehicle will be waiting with snacks, fruit and water and to make sure everything is OK. We also offer assistance for any unexpected circumstances or simply to relieve muscular pain or cure blisters.
Don't worry about getting lost. Moreover, on the Camino you are never alone. If you do not want to keep walking for any reason, you can hop on the support vehicle or be taken back to the hotel. After the daily walk, and after we've all had lunch we will head back to the hotel where we can shower, freshen up and have a much-deserved rest.
Before: We meet in the city of Pamplona on the first day. You can arrive a few days before the tour to enjoy the city if you'd like. It takes about three hours on the high-speed train from Madrid, where most international flights land. You can check timetables and prices online. The ticket can be bought directly online, or at the station if you come 45 minutes before the departure time, We can make the reservations for you at your request. There are also short flights to Pamplona from Spain's main cities, like Madrid and Barcelona.
After: Our tour ends in Santiago de Compostela on the last day at around 1:00 pm. Transportation back to Madrid is NOT included.
We offer optional add-on activities once it is finished like a one-day trip to Finisterre, culinary activities in Santiago, and tour through Celtic Galicia (A Coruña). You can join one of our activities, stay in Santiago on your own, or leave on the last day of the tour. We recommend flying from Santiago to Madrid, which is the best and easiest option. There are plenty of flights throughout the day, and the flight has a duration of one hour. You can book online or through your travel agency.
Extra hotel reservations: If you would like to stay in Pamplona, Madrid or Santiago for a few days before the tour, we'd be happy to send you a list of hotels we work with and assist you with the reservations.
We meet at 11:30 am in Pamplona at the main train station to drive to the French town of St. Jean Pied de Port. This town is quite lovely and historic. Here we can get our first stamp in our Pilgrim's passport! We will then drive to Roncesvalles for our welcome. If you wish, you can attend the beautiful Pilgrims' mass before our welcome dinner.
Today we discover the beautiful Pyrenean Navarra walking through lovely towns and villages along the way. We will see many staples of the Camino including the Pilgrim's Cross which will mark the start of this great adventure, We will also see huge stones called "Pasos de Roldán" or Roldan's footprints, and the spectacular views of the Erro valley that we can enjoy from the top of "Alto de Erro".
On our way to the hotel in Pamplona we'll stop by the famous "Puente de la Rabia" in Zubirí.
We will travel to the town of Cizur Menor where our exciting second stage begins. We will walk through the village of Zariquiegi, where the marvelous Romanesque church of San Andrés stands out. We will also visit Muruzabal and another Romanesque church, Santa Maria de Eunate, which marks the end of today's stage. Our day finishes with a visit to the beautiful town of Puente la Reina and its stunning Romanesque bridge.
In the morning we will drive to the historic town of Nájera. We will be able to see the incredible change from what is called "Rioja media" with its beautiful vineyards to the "Rioja alta" where the vines give way to never-ending fields of grain. We will find the stunning town of Azofra then continue on until we reach Santo Domingo de la Calzada. This town owes its existence to the Camino and its impressive Cathedral is a clear example of the transition from Romanesque to Gothic architecture.
Today's stage will take us through forest paths to important towns like Ages, an impressive example of Castilian architecture on the Camino, and the village of San Juan de Ortega. We will then drive to the majestic city of Burgos where we shall take part in a private guided tour of the city that will reveal the many masterpieces of Gothic art and architecture that adorn the city including its magnificent Cathedral.
We will spend the night in Burgos.
We begin in the ruins of what used to be the convent of San Antón, with its two pointed arches still towering above the ruins. Then we will pass by Castrojeriz, which played a vital role in Castilla's history and houses more than half a dozen cultural interest sites among which the Colegiata de Santa Maria del Manzano from the 14th century and the Santo Domingo parish church from the 16th century stand out. From here we continue our walk until we arrive in Itero de la Vega, finishing point for today.
In the morning we will enjoy a private tour of León and its awe-inspiring Cathedral. Then we will visit the legendary town of Hospital de Órbigo where we will cross the "Passo Honroso" bridge, one of the longest bridges on the Camino. We will then drive to Astorga where two of the most important Camino de Santiago routes meet, the French Way and the famous "Vía de la plata". We will enjoy the rest of the afternoon at our leisure, being sure not to miss the Cathedral and Gaudi's Episcopalian Palace.
We leave the region of León to venture into the region of El Bierzo. We begin in Foncebadón reaching "La Cruz de Ferro" or the Iron Cross one of the most spiritual sites on the Camino. We will then continue until we get to the world-famous Pilgrim's Hospital in Manjarín. Heading downhill we will reach the end point for today, the town of "El Acebo" with its beautiful Bercian architecture. We head to Molinaseca and one of the most picturesque Romanesque-style bridges on the Camino.
Today, we walk through the town of O' Cebreiro. This town marks the beginning of the Camino in Galicia and one of it's highest points at 1300 meters above sea level. We will see 'Las Pallozas,' Celtic buildings constructed of stone and hay. Then, we will hear the legend of the "Miracle of O'Cebreiro" at the Benedictine Church of this town, where the legend took place. At that point we go to "Alto do Poio" and stop right before the steep downhill path that leads to the town of Triacastela.
We will come across many little villages and towns of which the most interesting are Sarria, Barbadelo, Ferreiros and Portomarín. We will see the lovely the convent of "La Magdalena" originally founded as a Pilgrim's hospital in the 13th century. Other interesting places on our way include the church of "Santiago de Barbadelo" with its impressive architecture, the Romanesque portico at the church of Ferreiros and we will reach the legendary 100 km marker!
Today's journey will take us through the small villages of Portomarín, Ligonde and Vilacha. We have the opportunity to see the wonderful view of the Miño river valley right outside the town of Vilachá. We will see the church of St. Nicholas and the famous Romanesque façade of San Pedro's church in Portomarín as well as the church of "Vilar de Donas", one of the best examples of Romanesque art associated with the Camino.
What a great day Pilgrims! We will cross the border that divides the provinces of Lugo and La Coruña via an ancient Roman road. Ready for the true jewels of the Camino? Once we get to La Coruña we will see the church of "La virgen de las nieves" at Furelos, the Romanesque portico of San Tirso's church in the lovely village of Palas de Rei. We will see two important and beautiful churches: Sancti Spiritus and Santa Maria de Melide in Melide.
Today's walk will take us through the lovely towns of Arzúa and Castañeda, both very closely linked to the Camino's history. In Arzúa we can see the beautiful and gothic chapel of "La Magdalena". This church was founded in the 14th century. We can also enjoy some of Arzúa's delicious cheese which was given Denomination of Origin.
Today's schedule includes: Salceda, A Brea, Santa Irene and A Rua until we finally reach the lovely town of Lavacolla, in ancient times, Lavacolla was the place where the purification ritual needed to arrive in Santiago was performed.
How exciting! We are reaching our final destination: Santiago's Cathedral. We are scheduled to arrive in Santiago before 12:00 pm, this will give you plenty of time in case you wish to attend the pilgrim's mass and/or perform any pilgrim rituals like hugging the Apostle Santiago. In the evening, we will have a wonderful farewell surprise accompanied by a delicious dinner to celebrate our arrival.
In the morning we will enjoy a guided visit through Santiago. You will get to learn a lot about the old city, their culture and history. Expect to see its main monuments, squares and streets.


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